We had a wonderful Christmas Eve & Christmas in sunny Mexico. We even went out on a sailboat with a neighbor of Carolina, Jim, before the big Christmas party here at the casitas!
It was relaxing, what a nice person Jim is, great attitude toward life.
Keith asked him if he had ever regretted his decision to move to Mexico five years ago leaving Wisconsin. Jim responded, "The time the mosquito bit me." Keith said, "You got Malaria?!" "No, it itched and I had to scratch it." HA!
The party included Santa & live music.
Keith sat with a table of travelers from Mexico City, university professors & a novela producer with a Canadian husband who decided he could either spend his retirement sitting in his home watching TV or sell his home and travel the world, he obviously chose the latter.
I joined the spanish speaking crowd after hanging with a feisty French woman from Corsica & a retired engineer from San Francisco.
There was a big crowd, it was a great party!
On Christmas Day we were treated to another wonderful meal here at Casita Carolina. A local couple prepared a five course meal that was quite elegant. We enjoyed the company, the atmosphere & not having to lift a finger to help, though I did offer.
Today, Boxing Day, we ventured out to look at property along the lakeside. We spent the rest of the day waiting for the clouds to clear & winds to pick up reading; the weather was perfect for reading, not so good for sailing. I did take a dip in the lake between chapters.
The life is easy here, I can certainly see why people decide to move here! Tomorrow we must move on making our way back to Merida for our flight out to Mexico City on the last day of 2011. We plan to visit Tulum, Coba, Valladolid, Ek Balam, Chichen Itza & Izumal before leaving the Yucatan.
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